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Skye, Boreraig, Teampull Chaon

Chapel (Medieval)

Site Name Skye, Boreraig, Teampull Chaon

Classification Chapel (Medieval)

Alternative Name(s) St. Congan's Church

Canmore ID 11557

Site Number NG61NW 1

NGR NG 6177 1619

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Strath
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Skye And Lochalsh
  • Former County Inverness-shire

Archaeology Notes ( - 1961)

NG61NW 1 6177 1619.

(NG 6177 1619) Teampull Chaon (NR) (Site of).

OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1903)

Teampull Chaon, Boreraig (Site). The site of this church, dedidated to St. Congan (OPS 1854) is on a grassy flat above the sea-shore, about 400 yards ENE of Dun Boreraig NG61NW 2. Although in 1910 the ruins were described as extensive (Macleod 1854), no traces of a building were discernable in 1914 (RCAHMS 1928).

(Orig Paroch Scot 1854; A P Forbes 1872; F T Macleod 1912; RCAHMS 1928; W D Simpson 1935).

There are no visible remains of this chapel. A ruined house 120.0m to the N of the OS siting is known locally as the Teampull which probably accounts for Macleod's description of extensive remains in 1910.

Visited by OS (C F W) 23 June 1961.

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Field Visit (15 May 1914)

Teampull Choan, Boreraig.

The site of this church is on a grassy flat above the sea-shore about 400 yards east-north-east of Dun Boreraig [NG61NW 2]. No traces of a building are now discernible.

RCAHMS 1928, visited 15 May 1914.

OS map: Skye li. ("Chaoin")

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